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In the Democratic primary in West Virginia’s 1st District, Rep. Alan Mollohan (right) is in danger of losing the seat he has held since 1982 to incumbent State Sen. Mike Oliverio.
AP photo composite by POLITICO

Warner’s tally

The battle for the GOP nod in the 1st District has been a bloody and expensive three-way affair, with former state Sen. Sarah Minear and establishment favorite David McKinley, a former state GOP chairman, digging deep into their own pockets and spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on ads blasting their opponents.

In the end, however, the winner might be determined by attorney Mac Warner, who is threatening to siphon off the anti-establishment vote Minear has pursued in her campaign against McKinley.

Warner has endured days of negative press over reports that his businesses owe nearly $3 million in taxes and liens.

“They key is to how badly Warner has been damaged in the last week and a half,” said Callaghan.

How many GOP protest votes in Nebraska?

Each of Nebraska’s three House Republicans—and Gov. Dave Heineman—faces primary opposition Tuesday.

No one expects any incumbent to fall, but watch how many protest votes get cast against the incumbents for signals about the depth of anti-incumbent sentiment.

Rep. Lee Terry, who represents Omaha, won 84 percent against a token primary opponent in 2008. This year, opponent Matt Sakalosky has aligned himself with tea partiers, which could amp up the anti-Terry vote.

Jordan McGrain, the executive director of the Nebraska Republican Party, warned against reading too much into the protest votes since no one has wasted resources to win nominations seen as secure.

“For me, it’s hard to (read into the protest vote) because turnout’s going to be so low. I don’t know that any of the three have done that much. I don’t think any of them have spent a ton of money,” said McGrain. “You cannot find three more popular congressmen” among the Republican base.

How many Democrats show up?

Lower-than-projected Democratic turnout in competitive Senate primaries last Tuesday is giving party insiders cause for concern. About 200,000 fewer Democrats showed up for the Ohio Senate race between Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher and Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner than in 2006, when there wasn’t even a seriously contested primary.

So Tuesday, Democratic totals will be closely scrutinized in Nebraska. The Nebraska Democratic Party’s executive director, Jim Rogers, said he will watch turnout in the predominantly African American precincts of Omaha--located in the 2nd District-- to determine the level of engagement.

In 2006, Democratic candidate Jim Esch had no opponent in the 2nd District primary but 21,321 Democrats nonetheless cast votes for him—providing a benchmark for state Sen. Tom White, who is also unopposed this year in the Democratic primary.

Hard left turn? The final health care bill has the same outline as what Republicans had proposed as an alternative back in 1994. That would actually be a right turn from what he campaigned on. Our markets are thriving as always, I think your fear over Socialism rising in America is a little irrational.

Nothing against dems, I fixed that one for Mr. Clyburn this month myself, but it is time to get rid of some of these people that took bribes or fell to the thugs under Pelosi.

But it remains, which candidate will sign the "New Contract for America" (newcontractforamerica.org)

If the repubs think this next congress is going to be the same old story, I hope they guess again. We want Glass-Steagal, enforcement of immigration laws on the books, an audit of the Fed. And especially emphasis on why Bernacke is bailing out Europe. (Weiss Research, Inc) Wasn't our bailout a disaster?

We need states to join Arizona and now Pennsylvania on immigration. New York and California can opt for all the illegals they want as long as the state can support them without our tax dollars. Nebraska, West Virginia take a look at the LaRaza protests and list of wants on youtube. You could be the next Arizona. We've had mass deportation before, type in on Wikipedia and see how it was done.

I'd say vote for the right person but it doesn't seem as though dems have any choice in how to vote on issues as long as Pelosi, et al, will threaten them any way they can.if they don't vote party lines.

Already, our local school unions (ten yrs worth) are asking for more money when our education system is down the tubes. I went to school when 80 kids were in the classroom. Our school was highly rated and even the failing students did well in life--the scale was quite high then and all our students had a chance over other school's students. Of course, they still used the old paddle then too. That paddle was much better than all the juvenile records of pre-teens and teens seen today.

Forty years later, I don't know a single student that has had a police record. Yep and we had cap guns then too. Sure beats the zero tolerance thingy that kids use real guns today.

Let the games begain! Look at the voting record and also the integrity record of your canidates. Of course in the big blue states the more issues with bribes, conflict of interest etc. the better chance you have in the elections. The incumbents that live off of bloated pork projects and hand outs must be removed from office whether Dem or Repub..

The Progressives/Liberals/RINOs & CINOs/Socialists & Communists picked the absolute WORST time in U.S. history to pull off the takeover of America.

Key Downfalls Listed:

• They made their move when BOOMERs were getting older, and subsequently, more conservative in their ways. • They made their move right after a market crash, which caused about 1/3 of Boomers’ retirement to evaporate. This instant loss of wealth shifted public perception to, highly anti-establishment sentiment. • They made their move thinking that, all they had already gained control over mainstream media (ie: MSNBC, CNN, ABC, CBS); however their media power grab failed to include the internet as a major media outlet that would circumvent their control over the media AND allow for immediate postings of ALL sources of info (including info damaging to progressives and their adjenda). • Because of the collapse of the economy, they sped up their takeover plans (turned up the heat too fast). From massive bailouts to private sector takeovers, they forced open the eyes of the American people to their plan of transforming America into a Socialist republic. Had they gone slower, it might have worked. • Because they sped up their plans, they had to scramble in their efforts to disarm America, further convincing the American people that a passive takeover underway. Why else would the government disarm its people? • Much to their surprise, the two-party system has now become suspect, by ordinary U.S. citizens, who now investigate their political parties for treasonous, anti-Constitutionalist participants: Liberal Extremists, Progressives, RINOs and CINOs. • From Climate/Carbon taxation, to attempts of small weapons treaties to circumvent the Second Amendment, they are pulling out all the stops to have the U.S. people answer to U.N. (global) mandates, in an effort to consolidate control. It is glaringly obvious in recent bills. Since then, states have begun to fight back, passing FireArms Freedom Acts, to protect their citizens from the Federal Government’s desire to confiscate weapons.

Bottom Line: They lost their ‘goldilocks’ moment to grab power, and the American People have awoken and are turning against the current Progressive-infected Government! Internet posts, from citizens’ all across America, are urging a common reply to this attempted takeover: VOTE ALL THE INCUMBANTS OUT and put true Conservatives in office. There is a massive political shift to the right, underway – you are witnessing a crumbling progressive coup at this time, which will go down in the history books as the failed hijacking of America.

It will be a long time before the American People extend them any degree of legitimacy and trust, again. Another 30 years will have to pass, whilst they change their identity, and turn up the Progressive/Socialist heat on our citizens again.

In the state's southern District III, Nick Joe Rahall is running for relection.

The 17-term so-called "Pro-Life" Democrat, part of the Stupak gang:

voted for Porkulus I waited until almost literally the last minute to vote against Waxman-Markey cap-and-tax--meaning Rahall had cleared the vote with Pelosi voted for Obamacare, in the face of the majority of his constituents' opposition and in spite of his having said that he would vote for no bill that supported and/or paid for abortions supported candidate Obama before the 2008 Democrat primary in which Hillary Clinton beat Obama--and then refused to change his position

Rahall's vulnerable, perhaps as much as Mollohan.

Both need to be defeated. Rahall's defeat will have to wait until November, given his opposition in the primary.